Paperboard container for fluids having top opening fitment and exposed lip for engagement by handling implements

Abstract

A paperboard container for storing and transporting fluids has a tubular shell formed from interfitting inner and outer shell pieces. The shell is enclosed at its bottom end by a base having projecting flaps which are sandwiched between the shell pieces and flaps located at the bottom of the outer shell cover the base. A flexible liner located in the shell has a fitment at its upper end which permits the liner to be filled and emptied. The top of the shell is covered with inner cap and a closure means which are separated from one another and contain aligned openings which the fitment passes through. A fitment lock, which immovably engages the fitment, fits between the inner cap and closure means and is adhesively affixed to at least one of them. The fitment lock, and the inner cap and closure means act in conjunction to prevent movement of the fitment and to provide the lateral and longitudinal stability necessary to permit a hand pump to be installed in the fitment. Openings located around the periphery of the closure means expose portions of the shell sidewall between the inner cap and closure means which can be engaged by the beak of an implement handling apparatus.

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